My daughters are two years apart and have their Birthdays in the same month. So I have been combining their birthdays together. Is that bad? And I have ever only ever had one birthday party for them because they don't have any friends and my husbands family always complain about all the parties. How can I make their birthday special even though its just us celebrating with them? This is what I was going to do. I was going to by birthday decorations, and set them all up as if we were having a party, cook something that they wanted. i guess have a party just without all the ppl. What do you think? What do you do for your children? TIA

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That sounds cute. Since you are having just a little thing. I would dedicate one day for one and one day for the other and just let it be there day. Maybe they wear a tiara or something and they get to do all there favorite things. If they are good sleepers you could decorate there bedrooms at night when they are sleeping so they wake up to a surprise!

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The way you're doing their birthdays right now sounds like fun! I don't see anything wrong with combining their birthdays. When they're older and have their own sets of friends, they will probably want separate parties.

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Is it "bad"? Yes, your children will be scarred for life - find a therapist now! LOL I'm kidding, obviously.

If it works for you, then it's fine! I'm not a person though that worries about what others do or think about things like this...I don't think parties are 'required'. You just do what works for your family, you can continue to have a family celebration, just like you described, as long as you like! I think that's nice! Let them choose their favorite meal, maybe make two small cakes for them, instead of one...you can still decorate if you want that, hide their presents - whatever makes it special for your kids.

You can always let them have 'friend' parties later on when they're older...or not, whatever works.

Nothing wrong w/ combining the b-days. They might never complain or indicate that it's less "special" until they are teens. I have family/friends who have kids w/ very close b-days and they are always combined. Heck, my 21st b-day party was a "He-Man" party w/ my 3 year old nephew! If you want to do something a little extra special on THE DAY, I suggest making their favorite meal, or baking their favorite cake/dessert, or going out for an ice cream or something like that. No kid needs a big party every year.

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I have 2 in March and I'm going to have another 2 within 2 weeks of each other also. However I do not combine bdays and I never will. I go all out on bdays to make sure it's their special day and a combined party IMO would take away that special feel. However, each have their own friends. Every morning I make their fav breakfast and I have the house decorated with tons of balloons b/c my kids love balloons, then we do something special during the day (like when their party is on a different day) and they pick what they want for dinner and we have a small cake at home after dinner and they open their presents from us. That day is all about them, pretty much whatever they want to do we do and they always love their day. I know I go overboard on bdays, but I like it.

But it's important to me b/c we had so many kids back to back to make sure they each feel special and we make quality time for each one individually.

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Bradley and Shane have the same birthday only they are eight years and 12 hours apart. We have just now started having seperate parties.

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I did a combined party for my boys last year (they're 2 years and one month apart) and it was fine. This year I'm actually ditching the combined party in order to try to scale things down. My almost 5 year old will have a small friends party and my almost 3 year old will have the "family" party. In the future, I plan to start alternating years with the friends parties (one child gets a friends party each year and they take turns). I say do the combined party as long as it works for you.

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I do the same for oldest DS and DD their birthdays are only about a week apart. I think when they get older they will want their own but it works for now. It's funny but DH's family likes that we have parties and I don't want to have a big one every year because of the planning and cost even if I try to save. I think this year I might just have my oldest have one at Chuckie Cheese just with friends or something. He will be entering the 2nd grade.

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My nieces are 2 years & 1 week apart... my sister does the same thing for them. They don't seem to mind but they do both get a different cake.

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